A Center Township woman is facing charges for fortune telling. Pennsylvania State Police said they received reports from multiple people in March regarding Psychic and Tarot Card Readings by Sophia in Center Township. Authorities investigated the reports and on Thursday charged 27-year-old Sophey Mills. According to a police report, Mills is accused of scamming two people out of about 32-hundred dollars each through her business. Police say the alleged victims contacted authorities after Mills suggested that they create jars filled with money in order to “rid them of evil spirits”. One of the victims had collected $3,000 in the jar at one point, according to police, and the other had 23-hundreds dollars. Police say when the clients later contacted Mills to have their money returned, Mills refused to return the cash because “the evil was still too strong”. Under Pennsylvania law, fortunetelling for monetary gain is prohibited.
Polanco’s two-run homer lifts Pirates over Reds, 5-2
By JOHN PERROTTO, Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Gregory Polanco hit a two-run home run during a four-run fifth inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Cincinnati Reds 5-2 on Thursday night.
Polanco broke a 1-1 tie when he drove a ball into the shrubbery in center field off Homer Bailey (0-2). Polanco also had a tying sacrifice fly in the third inning, giving him three RBIs as the Pirates won for the fifth time in six games.
Steven Brault (2-0) pitched one-run ball over five innings in his first start this season. The left-hander allowed three hits, struck out four and walked four. He took over the rotation spot left by Joe Musgrove, who has a right shoulder strain.
Brault also got the win in the opener last Friday when he worked three scoreless innings in relief at Detroit.
Bailey allowed five runs — four earned — and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings with three walks and two strikeouts. He is 3-10 with a 4.75 ERA in 22 starts in March and April during his 12-year career.
Josh Harrison started the Pirates’ fifth by drawing a leadoff walk, and Polanco followed with his second home run. Corey Dickerson hit an RBI triple with one out and scored when shortstop Jose Peraza fumbled Francisco Cervelli’s two-out grounder for an error.
The Reds’ Adam Duvall hit a solo home run, his second, in the eighth inning off George Kontos.
Cincinnati, which has lost four of five, scored the game’s first run in the second. Scooter Gennett came home on the second of Brault’s two wild pitches in the inning.
Dickerson also doubled, and he and Harrison each had two of Pittsburgh’s nine hits.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Reds: RF Scott Shebler (bruised right elbow) was not in the lineup after being hit by a pitch in Cincinnati’s previous game Monday but is expected to play Friday. … LHP Brandon Finnegan (strained left biceps) is scheduled to make a rehab start Monday for Triple-A Louisville then be activated from the disabled list if all goes well. … RHP Kevin Shackelford (strained forearm) is close to throwing a bullpen session.
Pirates: SS Jordy Mercer (jammed right pinkie finger) returned after sitting out Wednesday’s loss to Minnesota and went 1 for 2 with a double and two walks.
UP NEXT
Reds RHP Luis Castillo (0-1, 10.80 ERA) will face RHP Trevor Williams (1-0, 0.00) on Friday night in the second game of the four-game series. Castillo allowed six runs in five innings in a loss to Washington last Saturday in his first start of the season. Williams pitched six hitless innings last Sunday to win at Detroit.
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On Ask The Commissioners on Beaver County Radio this morning, one of the big topics was the fallout from FirstEnergy’s announcement last week that the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station in Shippingport could be deactivated within three years. One caller wanted to know why the commissioners weren’t doing more to prevent that from happening. Commissioner Sandie Egley responded by saying they do not take this move lightly…
Egley also talked about the working relationship between the commissioners and FirstEnergy…
Another big topic this morning was the recent firing of financial administrator Ricardo Luckow. Tony Amadio was asked this question by a caller…
Egley and Amadio were asked about the status of their search for a replacement, and why they reportedly changed the position of the financial administrator from full-time to part-time…
Commissioners chairman Dan Camp is out sick this week. Ask The Commissioners airs on the first Thursday of each month during Teleforum with Frank Sparks on Beaver County Radio from 9 to 10 am.
THE FALLOUT CONTINUES FROM FIRST-ENERGY’S ANNOUNCEMENT LAST WEEK THAT THE BEAVER VALLEY NUCLEAR POWER STATION IN SHIPPINGPORT COULD BE DEACTIVATED WITHIN THREE YEARS. LOCAL AGENCIES ARE PLANNING FOR POSSIBLE LAYOFFS. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
ALIQUIPPA CITY COUNCIL MET LAST NIGHT…AMONG THE TOPICS ARE ON THE AGENDA WERE THE SALE AND MARKETING OF OPIODS FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES…AND THE HIRING OF A FULL-TIME POLICE OFFICER, A DEMOLITION PROJECT SET FOR NEXT WEEK…AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT DELINQUENT GARBAGE BILLS . BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s two reports…
The McGuire Memorial Foundation is hosting “Chocolate Sunday”, a local event showcasing local vendors and their sweet treats, at Seven Oaks Country Club in Brighton Township on Sunday, April 15 from 2 to 5 p.m.
Mary Wood and Vivian Mahli, two of the event’s coordinators, joined Matt Drzik on A.M. Beaver County to discuss this year’s event, now in its 17th year. They explained the way patrons can buy tickets, how they will sample each vendor’s chocolate, and the beneficiaries of the proceeds from this event.
To hear the full interview from this morning, click on the players below. Also, more information about this year’s event can be found here.
This year commemorates the 70th anniversary of when Beaver County’s first radio station, WBVP, was heard over the airwaves for the the first time on May 25, 1948. To mark the historical event, each week, another “70th Anniversary Moment” will be showcased on the airwaves and published on the station’s online feeds
One of the craziest air personalities to ever work at WBVP was a guy named Sylvester Sergi, or “Syl” as he was nicknamed, became part of the staff in 1955 and made an immediate impact with his flamboyant on air routine. Sergi referred to himself as “Syl the Pill”. Kenneth Britten wrote about Sergi in his publication “Local Radio”, published in in 1990. “Syl Sergi was hired as an announcer and following in the tradition of (WBVP morning show host) Arnold Fletcher, (he) would soon establish himself as another unique individualist. Syl developed a style of speech that was years ahead of its time and appealed to the youngsters of that rock ‘n roll age. He was a flower child before they existed. He was also notorious for his trademark opening comment, ‘This is Syl the pill, from College Hill, to give all the girls a thrill.’ Sergi also became famous for challenging car drivers to beep their horns if they were tuned in to him and inviting everyone to a wiener roast the night his home caught on fire.” While he was only on the air at WBVP a few years, the stories that circulate around about Syl Sergi are quite numerous and he continues to be one of the more recognizable names from the early days of the radio station.
Gene DeSimone and Syl Sergi in May of 1998 at a WBVP 50th Anniversary reunion show.
Sergi was heard in the evenings on WBVP, from six until sign off at midnight. In those days, WBVP was not on the air 24 hours a day as it is now, so some of the duties of the evening announcer would have been to air the National Anthem and then power off the transmitting equipment. Often times, Sergi and another popular Beaver Falls youngster who would make quite a name for himself in the radio world, Jim Reynolds, would alternate days on the evening shift after Reynolds’ hiring in 1960.
Sergi moved on in 1961, but came back to make a guest appearance during the 50th anniversary celebration of WBVP in 1998. Joining Syl on that day was yet another local broadcaster, Gene DeSimone. DeSimone was also from Beaver Falls and worked at WBVP, but also hosted an air shift for a while in the 1950’s at WRYO in Rochester. WRYO was on the air from 1949 to 1953 and was heard on the dial at 1050 A.M.
“70th Anniversary Moments” is presented by Abbey Carpet and Floor, Albert’s Heating, Cooling and Plumbing, Aliquippa Giant Eagle, The Beaver Falls Municipal Authority, Beaver Valley Auto Mall, Beaver Valley Sheet Metal, Castlebrook Development, The Community College Of Beaver County, Freedom United Federal Credit Union, Hank’s Frozen Custard and Mexican food, Kitchen City, Laughlin Insurance Agency, Rochester Manor and Villa and Young’s Jewelry and Coins.
After all the rain in the area this week rivers and creeks are on the rise. Check out pictures taken by Beaver County Radio’s Frank Sparks this afternoon of the high waters from Bridewater, Rochester, New Brighton and Monaca ……..
